Summer Computing Academy for junior-high and high-school students from underrepresented groups
The main goal of this program is to teach computer programming using python
in an intense hands-on program to be held on the University of
Minnesota campus.
The program will include lectures on the fundamental programming
concepts and on the python programming language together with
extensive hands-on experience in a computer lab.
Instruction will be done by graduate students and professors
(Prof. Stephen Guy and Prof. Maria Gini).
Participants will have ample time to work in a computer lab to develop
programs for small robots, image processing, and other applications
under close supervision of teaching assistants.
In addition, there will be a variety of career planning and discovery
activities.
The program will run every day from 9:00am to 5:00pm (the organized activities
will finish by 4:30pm, with time until 5:00pm as needed).
We will meet every morning in room 4-204C in Keller Hall
(the room will open at 8:30am) and we will get back to the same room by
4:30pm. The room will stay open until everyone has left. During the day
we will be in the computer lab or in other labs on campus.
Students will need their own transportation to campus.
We would like to invite parents, relatives, and friends of the students who
to come to the U on Friday August 5 between 3:30 and 4:30
in room Keller 2-260
to share the accomplishments of the students and talk about
future opportunities. We will have snacks and drinks.
Eligibility and cost
Eligibility:
Male students from underrepresented minorities who are
attending junior high or high school.
We do not require any programming knowledge.
Cost:
Thanks to the generosity of the
Best Buy Foundation and an anonymous donor, we are able
to offer the Summer Computing Academy for a low enrollment fee.
The cost for attending the program is $50.00.
This includes lunch every day, snacks, access to computers, and
auxiliary activities.
Full scholarships are available upon request.
Application
Applications are closed. You can ask, by email to gini@umn.edu, to be placed in the waiting list.
You will be notified if any space opens up.
The registration fee will be collected after you receive a
notification that we have space.
Contact
Professor Maria Gini
email: gini@umn.edu
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota
4-192 Keller Hall, 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Copyright: © 2016 by the Regents of the University
of Minnesota
Department of Computer Science and
Engineering. All rights reserved.
Comments to: Maria Gini
Nao
Scribbler